The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering whether to loosen restrictions for obscenity on broadcast television and radio. This rule change would allow brief non-sexual-nudity and isolated expletives in prime time, while children are still awake and watching TV.

The FCC claims that it will consider the publics sentiment as its members make a decision and has given Americans the month of April to file their comments.

Outgoing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski previously had to order the Enforcement Bureau only to tackle egregious cases because of the backlog of reported obscenity cases. In the last 6 months, the FCCs caseload has plummeted 70 percent, with more than one million complaints ignored.

With what’s available online and in a lot of video games these days most kids will probably yawn at a few boobs and bums here and there on tv.Having said that,it’s still a little further down the slope we slide.The god of this world gets to isolate christians just that little more,always pushing.

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posted on 04/05/2013 4:49:09 AM PDT
by mitch5501
("make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")

FCC is basically saying ‘we get too many complaints to investigate, so we want to just allow a lot of it.’

In other parts of Washington, various agencies are INCREASING their numbers of regulations and reporting requirements. Will they eventually hide their heads in the ground, too?

This shows the endemic problem with government and governmental regulations. They eventually become so massive that they crumble under their own weight. How many regulations are still on the books regarding, for example, buggy whips?

They already allow “bitch.” “Shit” has been used in plenty of shows without censor (i.e. South Park). “Damn” can be used, but they bleep the word “God” if used in the same phrase. No problem with “ass,” but the “hole” is bleeped if used. Most shows will bleep the F-word, but we all know what they’re saying.

We’ve relaxed sin to a point that it’s universally accepted. Adding some nudity to Nickelodeon shows might keep the parents tuned in.

(Hoping I don’t need a /sarc)

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posted on 04/05/2013 5:39:27 AM PDT
by rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)

And PBS has done this before, I remember seeing nudity watching "Shinderler's List" on PBS, but that was "art" so it is OK.

You actually have to go all the way back to 1973, when PBS made history by showing Valerie Perrine's tatas on the TV. It was the broadcast version of the play "Steambath." Even though I had already seen Perrine nekkid in "Slaughterhouse Five" at the movies, seeing them...I mean her...on TV made it more illicit.

Essentially, all we watch are occasional sporting events, and the food and home channels. And even they test our patience with their increasingly agenda driven programming.

Then there is our 10-12 episode HBO subscription, for whatever is this year’s blind squirrel good series : / In years prior, it was Rome, now it is Game of Thrones. We subscribe for the duration, and then sever ties as soon as it concludes. We always make the reason we are closing the subscription clear - that their “mature”, (when did the terms “adult” & “mature” become synonymous with gratuitous violence and/or indiscriminate sex?!) programming that runs 24/7 is horrifying. When I ask them what they think about the children who are home sick, with mom at work, their quick, assured answer is always that there are “controls” parents can use. But when I ask them if they truly believe that time/technology impaired parents can set up controls that their much more technologically adept children cannot figure out, we find that the scripted answers fall away.

We then close by offering the thought provoking idea, that to be truly adult, means understanding that children should be protected. That it is not censorship to keep gratuitous material from beaming into American homes 24/7. That adults who want to view the like in the middle of them day can most definitely figure out a way without HBO/Cinemax et al.

Just yesterday, DH offered the thought that we could just go ahead close the account now, and then buy this season’s dvd when it is released.... Yes, we would still be funding them, but at least we would not be condoning the daily onslaught : |

Dear Lord, our nation has turned from You, but please, hear us, and share Your strength and guidance as we fight to turn the tide.
Tatt

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posted on 04/05/2013 6:54:10 AM PDT
by thesearethetimes...
("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)

We dropped satellite a decade ago because they liked randomly giving us free movies. Nothing like sitting with the kids flipping through channels and getting Janet Jacksoned. They told us we would have to block the channels ourselves because they were going to randomly open up adult material even though we had none on our plan. We told them no thanks and never looked back.

I thought I missed the news channels until last year when I spent 2 weeks in the hospital. Nope, I don’t miss them either.

Last night I watched "The Office" which I love. All during the show they kept showing those annoying slide-in adverts for "Hannibal."

Do they really think that I am going to be entertained by following the antics of a cannibal?

Hannibal might not be around very long. It only got 4.3 million viewership for its premiere. Most shows tend to lose viewership after the premiere. It might limp along as NBC heads for the summer venue.

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